Two years after Tim Burton confirmed that a sequel was definitely on the cards (and the original cast were interested in making it happen), Beetlejuice 2 has landed a new writer.

Mike Vukadinovich, who recently penned the screenplay for Peter Dinklage’s new movie Rememory, has been brought on board to rewrite the script for the sequel.

Rumours of a new visit from Beetlejuice started way back in 2011, and it’s since been confirmed that the story would not be a remake or a reboot, but a ‘true sequel’.

The original was directed by Tim Burton in 1988 and starred Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, Alec Baldwin and Winona Ryder, and although rumours suggest the original cast are set to return, there is no confirmation as of yet.

If you somehow haven’t spent the last twenty years watching Beetlejuice on every Halloween, the story follows Barbara and Adam Maitland who die in a car accident, and find themselves stuck haunting their home unable to leave.

When the Deetzes and their daughter Lydia move in, the ghosts try to scare them away.

But their efforts also attract the attention of main man/spirit Beetlejuice, whose help becomes dangerous for the couple and the innocent Lydia.

Just last year Michael Keaton, aka Beetlejuice himself, revealed he used to be keen on the idea of making a follow up movie, but because there’s been nothing set in stone with the director he’s fed up of being asked about a potential return.

He said: ‘It keeps coming back. I don’t even talk about it because I don’t know how many other ways I can say to people that they probably know more about it than I do.’